Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2781 Feb 15

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2781 Feb 15 . The geographic coordinates (WGS 84) of the northern and southern limits and the central line are listed at 120-second intervals. This provides adequate detail for making plots of the path on larger scale maps. Local circumstances on the central line include the ratio of the apparent diameters of the Moon to the Sun, the Sun's altitude and azimuth (degrees), the path width (kilometers) and the duration on the central line (minutes and seconds). See the Explanation of the Central Eclipse Path Table for a description of each column in the table.

The geographic visibility of the eclipse is shown on a global map on the Prime Page for the Eclipse which also includes complete details on the eclipse. The path of the eclipse is displayed in greater detail on an interactive Google Map .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 2781 Feb 15
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits67°22.9'S067°27.9'W71°36.5'S079°45.9'W69°28.6'S072°52.0'W 0.919 - 664 km 05m06.9s
08:3873°51.3'S034°35.9'W - - 72°35.7'S060°25.5'W 0.921 117° 641 km 05m14.0s
08:4074°37.9'S027°31.0'W - - 74°47.1'S049°00.0'W 0.922 105° 622 km 05m19.9s
08:4275°11.5'S020°52.1'W - - 76°05.9'S039°53.4'W 0.922 12° 96° 608 km 05m24.0s
08:4475°35.1'S014°32.9'W76°14.8'S060°58.4'W77°00.3'S031°32.8'W 0.923 14° 87° 597 km 05m27.3s
08:4675°50.4'S008°30.9'W78°06.3'S049°51.0'W77°38.5'S023°36.4'W 0.923 15° 78° 588 km 05m30.2s
08:4875°58.8'S002°45.4'W79°19.0'S039°42.5'W78°04.2'S015°58.1'W 0.924 17° 70° 580 km 05m32.8s
08:5076°01.2'S002°43.5'E80°08.8'S029°47.6'W78°19.6'S008°37.6'W 0.924 18° 62° 574 km 05m35.1s
08:5275°58.4'S007°55.5'E80°41.4'S019°58.2'W78°26.4'S001°36.8'W 0.924 20° 54° 568 km 05m37.3s
08:5475°51.2'S012°50.4'E80°59.7'S010°20.4'W78°25.7'S005°01.8'E 0.924 21° 47° 562 km 05m39.2s
08:5675°40.1'S017°28.3'E81°05.9'S001°05.2'W78°18.8'S011°16.1'E 0.925 22° 40° 558 km 05m41.0s
08:5875°25.7'S021°49.3'E81°01.9'S007°36.4'E78°06.6'S017°05.0'E 0.925 23° 34° 554 km 05m42.7s
09:0075°08.3'S025°54.1'E80°49.6'S015°36.2'E77°49.9'S022°28.1'E 0.925 24° 27° 550 km 05m44.3s
09:0274°48.5'S029°43.3'E80°30.5'S022°50.6'E77°29.5'S027°26.1'E 0.925 24° 22° 547 km 05m45.7s
09:0474°26.6'S033°17.8'E80°06.1'S029°19.9'E77°06.1'S032°00.3'E 0.925 25° 16° 544 km 05m47.1s
09:0674°02.8'S036°38.5'E79°37.7'S035°06.6'E76°40.1'S036°12.2'E 0.926 26° 11° 542 km 05m48.3s
09:0873°37.5'S039°46.3'E79°06.1'S040°14.9'E76°12.1'S040°03.8'E 0.926 26° 540 km 05m49.4s
09:1073°10.9'S042°42.3'E78°32.1'S044°49.5'E75°42.4'S043°36.7'E 0.926 27° 538 km 05m50.5s
09:1272°43.1'S045°27.3'E77°56.4'S048°54.8'E75°11.3'S046°53.1'E 0.926 27° 358° 537 km 05m51.5s
09:1472°14.2'S048°02.4'E77°19.3'S052°35.0'E74°39.1'S049°54.4'E 0.926 28° 354° 536 km 05m52.3s
09:1671°44.6'S050°28.3'E76°41.3'S055°53.6'E74°06.0'S052°42.4'E 0.926 28° 351° 535 km 05m53.1s
09:1871°14.2'S052°45.8'E76°02.5'S058°53.9'E73°32.1'S055°18.6'E 0.926 29° 347° 535 km 05m53.8s
09:2070°43.2'S054°55.8'E75°23.2'S061°38.4'E72°57.5'S057°44.1'E 0.926 29° 344° 535 km 05m54.5s
09:2270°11.6'S056°58.8'E74°43.6'S064°09.4'E72°22.5'S060°00.2'E 0.926 29° 341° 535 km 05m55.0s
09:2469°39.5'S058°55.5'E74°03.6'S066°28.9'E71°47.0'S062°08.0'E 0.926 30° 337° 535 km 05m55.5s
09:2669°07.0'S060°46.5'E73°23.4'S068°38.3'E71°11.2'S064°08.3'E 0.926 30° 335° 536 km 05m55.9s
09:2868°34.1'S062°32.3'E72°43.1'S070°39.1'E70°35.1'S066°01.9'E 0.926 30° 332° 537 km 05m56.2s
09:3068°00.9'S064°13.5'E72°02.7'S072°32.5'E69°58.7'S067°49.7'E 0.926 30° 329° 538 km 05m56.5s
09:3267°27.4'S065°50.3'E71°22.3'S074°19.3'E69°22.1'S069°32.1'E 0.926 30° 326° 539 km 05m56.7s
09:3466°53.6'S067°23.3'E70°41.7'S076°00.6'E68°45.2'S071°10.0'E 0.926 30° 324° 541 km 05m56.8s
09:3666°19.5'S068°52.8'E70°01.2'S077°37.0'E68°08.3'S072°43.6'E 0.926 30° 321° 542 km 05m56.8s
09:3865°45.2'S070°19.2'E69°20.6'S079°09.1'E67°31.1'S074°13.6'E 0.926 30° 319° 544 km 05m56.8s
09:4065°10.7'S071°42.7'E68°39.9'S080°37.6'E66°53.8'S075°40.3'E 0.926 30° 317° 547 km 05m56.7s
09:4264°35.9'S073°03.7'E67°59.2'S082°03.0'E66°16.3'S077°04.1'E 0.926 30° 314° 549 km 05m56.5s
09:4464°00.9'S074°22.4'E67°18.4'S083°25.7'E65°38.7'S078°25.4'E 0.926 30° 312° 552 km 05m56.3s
09:4663°25.7'S075°39.2'E66°37.6'S084°46.1'E65°00.9'S079°44.6'E 0.926 30° 310° 555 km 05m55.9s
09:4862°50.3'S076°54.1'E65°56.6'S086°04.7'E64°23.0'S081°01.8'E 0.926 30° 308° 558 km 05m55.6s
09:5062°14.6'S078°07.6'E65°15.6'S087°21.8'E63°44.8'S082°17.5'E 0.926 29° 305° 561 km 05m55.1s
09:5261°38.7'S079°19.8'E64°34.3'S088°37.7'E63°06.5'S083°31.9'E 0.926 29° 303° 565 km 05m54.6s
09:5461°02.5'S080°30.9'E63°52.9'S089°52.8'E62°27.9'S084°45.2'E 0.926 29° 301° 569 km 05m54.0s
09:5660°26.1'S081°41.1'E63°11.3'S091°07.4'E61°49.1'S085°57.8'E 0.926 29° 299° 573 km 05m53.3s
09:5859°49.5'S082°50.6'E62°29.4'S092°21.8'E61°10.1'S087°09.8'E 0.926 28° 297° 577 km 05m52.5s
10:0059°12.5'S083°59.7'E61°47.2'S093°36.4'E60°30.7'S088°21.6'E 0.926 28° 295° 581 km 05m51.7s
10:0258°35.2'S085°08.6'E61°04.6'S094°51.6'E59°51.0'S089°33.4'E 0.926 27° 293° 586 km 05m50.8s
10:0457°57.5'S086°17.5'E60°21.6'S096°07.6'E59°10.9'S090°45.6'E 0.926 27° 291° 591 km 05m49.8s
10:0657°19.4'S087°26.5'E59°38.1'S097°24.9'E58°30.4'S091°58.3'E 0.925 26° 289° 596 km 05m48.7s
10:0856°41.0'S088°36.1'E58°53.9'S098°44.0'E57°49.5'S093°11.9'E 0.925 25° 287° 601 km 05m47.6s
10:1056°02.0'S089°46.3'E58°09.1'S100°05.5'E57°07.9'S094°26.8'E 0.925 25° 286° 606 km 05m46.3s
10:1255°22.6'S090°57.6'E57°23.4'S101°30.0'E56°25.8'S095°43.5'E 0.925 24° 284° 611 km 05m45.0s
10:1454°42.5'S092°10.2'E56°36.6'S102°58.2'E55°42.9'S097°02.2'E 0.925 23° 282° 617 km 05m43.6s
10:1654°01.8'S093°24.6'E55°48.6'S104°31.4'E54°59.1'S098°23.8'E 0.924 22° 280° 623 km 05m42.0s
10:1853°20.3'S094°41.0'E54°59.0'S106°10.7'E54°14.4'S099°48.7'E 0.924 21° 278° 628 km 05m40.4s
10:2052°37.9'S096°00.1'E54°07.4'S107°58.2'E53°28.4'S101°18.0'E 0.924 20° 276° 634 km 05m38.6s
10:2251°54.6'S097°22.5'E53°13.1'S109°56.8'E52°41.0'S102°52.7'E 0.924 19° 274° 639 km 05m36.6s
10:2451°10.0'S098°49.0'E52°15.1'S112°11.0'E51°51.7'S104°34.3'E 0.923 18° 272° 645 km 05m34.5s
10:2650°24.0'S100°20.5'E51°11.4'S114°49.5'E51°00.1'S106°25.2'E 0.923 16° 270° 650 km 05m32.2s
10:2849°36.2'S101°58.5'E49°57.4'S118°12.2'E50°05.4'S108°28.6'E 0.923 15° 268° 655 km 05m29.6s
10:3048°46.3'S103°44.8'E48°14.4'S123°42.2'E49°06.1'S110°50.5'E 0.922 13° 265° 660 km 05m26.6s
10:3247°53.4'S105°42.3'E - - 47°59.8'S113°42.2'E 0.921 10° 263° 663 km 05m23.1s
10:3446°56.5'S107°55.7'E - - 46°39.1'S117°34.4'E 0.921 259° 666 km 05m18.6s
Limits41°36.7'S124°28.5'E46°50.1'S129°18.2'E44°07.4'S126°43.7'E 0.919 - 665 km 05m09.0s

ΔT = 2669.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse10:20:47.009:36:17.568°02.8'S061°47.8'E 30.4° 320.9° 542.7 km05m56.82s
Greatest Duration10:20:33.809:36:04.368°06.9'S072°46.9'E 30.4° 321.2° 542.5 km05m56.83s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2781 Feb 15 were generated using the JPL DE406 solar and lunar ephemerides. The lunar coordinates were calculated with respect to the Moon's Center of Mass. Although the predictions are first calculated in Terrestrial Dynamical Time (TD), they are then converted to Universal Time (UT1) as presented here. The parameter ΔT is used to convert between the two times (i.e., UT1 = TD - ΔT). ΔT has a value of 2669.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 615.5 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 2.57°.

Acknowledgments

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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